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Mom Stole To Pay Off Probation, Report Says

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By LISA A. DAVIS, The Tampa Tribune

Published: November 17, 2007

HUDSON - A 22-year-old mother was arrested early Friday, accused of burglarizing cars while she was pushing her 5-month-old baby in a stroller.

Ronald Corring saw the woman stealing money from his 2003 Mitsubishi outside his home in Beacon Woods Village and confronted her, a sheriff's office report states.

The woman ran, taking with her the $3.22 from his center console, according to the report. Corring called deputies.

Just after 4 a.m., Pasco County deputies and police dogs tracked her to Lincolnshire Drive and Village Mill Row and arrested Cassie Dawn Chapman, who had her baby with her.

The infant was in the stroller and covered with blankets as wind gusts reached almost 30 mph and the temperature was 45 degrees, according to the report.

Inside the stroller, deputies found a power drill, CDs, a portable CD player and a car stereo, according to the arrest affidavit.

After being read her rights, she told deputies she stole the items from a silver sport utility vehicle, the report states.

"I have done something stupid," Chapman is said to have told the deputies. "I was only doing this to pay off my probation."

She was sentenced to three years of probation in September on charges of organized fraud.

She now faces charges of auto burglary, petty theft and child abuse. She is being held at Land O' Lakes Jail, with bail set at $10,150.

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